Key demographics
- Population
- 883.1K
- Density
- 484.6/km²
- HDI
- 0.603 (Medium)
- Gini index (2014)
- 45.3
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 67.0 yrs
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 3.82
- Urban population (2025)
- 33.9%
- Literacy rate (2021)
- 75.6%
- Labor force (2025)
- 57.4%
- Gender wage gap (2021)
- -11.7%
Population structure
- Dependency ratio
- 70.4%
- Profile
- Very Young
- Urban population (2025)
- 33.9%
- Birth rate (2024)
- 28.2 /1000
- Death rate (2024)
- 7.1 /1000
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 3.82
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 35.0 /1000
- Slum population (2022)
- 48.5%
- Tourism (2020)
- 7.0K
Languages and culture
| Language | Native name |
|---|---|
| Arabic | العربية |
| French | français |
| Comorian | - |
| Ethnicity | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Comorians | 97.1% |
| Makua | 1.6% |
| Others | 1.3% |
- Demonym (male)
- Comoran
- Demonym (female)
- Comoran
- National anthem
- Udzima wa ya Masiwa
Healthcare
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 67.0 yrs
- HALE (2021)
- 59.0 yrs
- Health spending (2023)
- 6.6% of GDP
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 35.0/1000
- UHC index (2023)
- 52/100
- Hospital beds (2010)
- 2.2/1000
- Physicians (2022)
- 0.42/1000
- Nurses (2022)
- 1.64/1000
- Health spending per capita (2023)
- $102
- Out-of-pocket (2023)
- 56.6%
Education and technology
- Literacy rate (2021)
- 75.6%
- Education spending (2023)
- 2.3% of GDP
- Learning outcomes (2020)
- 392
- Internet users (2024)
- 32.5%
- Mobile subscriptions (2023)
- 109.9/100
- Broadband (2023)
- 0.4/100
- Secure servers (2024)
- 16/1M
Broadband connectivity
- Broadband per 100 (2023)
- 0.4
Geography and practical
- Area
- 1,862 km²
- Continent
- Africa
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Eastern Africa
- Landlocked
- No
- Driving side
- Right
- Timezones
- UTC+03:00
- Calling codes
- +269
- TLD
- .km
- Maps
- Google Maps · OpenStreetMap
National symbols
- Flag
- The flag of Comoros is composed of four equal horizontal bands of yellow, white, red and blue, with a green isosceles triangle superimposed on the hoist side of the field. This triangle has its base on the hoist end, spans about two-fifth the width of the field and bears a fly-side facing white crescent and four five-pointed white stars arranged in a vertical line along the opening of the crescent.
- National anthem
- Udzima wa ya Masiwa